What to Know
- Gov. Christie was photographed with his family on a beach shut down to the public amid New Jersey's government shutdown over July 4 weekend
- Now Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is ridiculing Christie's trip in a new TV ad for his re-election campaign
- Fulop says in the ad politics wasn't a "day at the beach, until suddenly it was."
Republican Gov. Chris Christie's infamous beach trip is turning up again in a new TV ad for a Democratic mayoral candidate.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop released his re-election campaign's first television ad on Tuesday.
The 30-second spot shows Fulop on a beach chair and briefly flashes between images of him and Christie from the July 4 weekend at Island Beach State Park.
Fulop says politics wasn't a "day at the beach, until suddenly it was."
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An NJ.com photographer captured aerial photographs of Christie lounging on the beach, which he had closed to the public as part of a budget impasse with the Democrat-led Legislature.
The photos led to ridicule for the two-term governor whose popularity is at record lows.
What talent! A "topical" sand sculpture on the Seaside Heights beach today. (Photo: Dave Bobal) pic.twitter.com/RGrRjpi4D9
— JSHN (@JSHurricaneNews) July 4, 2017
Inspiration in SeasideHeights from @GovChristie stay at a closed state park beach house during budget crisis @NBCNewYork @JSHurricaneNews pic.twitter.com/MViaOTlDrh
— Brian Thompson (@brian4NY) July 4, 2017
Christie's office hasn't responded to a request for comment.
